Looks like it took 20 chapters for the real MC to make his introduction. The Harem King has arrived. He's got so much chad energy that he seduces strangers without even speaking. He's got both his childhood friend and her daughters in love with him...
Oh so his mother died then? That makes sense, and so the girl started doing that to make him feel better, and it ended up developing into the whole mother thing. A little weird but I’m glad we know why she went overboard